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@c -*-texinfo-*-
@c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
@c Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999
@c  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions.
@setfilename ../info/control
@node Control Structures, Variables, Evaluation, Top
@chapter Control Structures

verbatim, don't just write @code{(error @var{string})}.  If @var{string}
contains @samp{%}, it will be interpreted as a format specifier, with
undesirable results.  Instead, use @code{(error "%s" @var{string})}.
@end defun

@anchor{Definition of signal}
@defun signal error-symbol data
This function signals an error named by @var{error-symbol}.  The
argument @var{data} is a list of additional Lisp objects relevant to the
circumstances of the error.

The argument @var{error-symbol} must be an @dfn{error symbol}---a symbol

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@c -*-texinfo-*-
@c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
@c Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2003
@c  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions.
@setfilename ../info/control
@node Control Structures, Variables, Evaluation, Top
@chapter Control Structures

verbatim, don't just write @code{(error @var{string})}.  If @var{string}
contains @samp{%}, it will be interpreted as a format specifier, with
undesirable results.  Instead, use @code{(error "%s" @var{string})}.
@end defun

@defun signal error-symbol data
@anchor{Definition of signal}
This function signals an error named by @var{error-symbol}.  The
argument @var{data} is a list of additional Lisp objects relevant to the
circumstances of the error.

The argument @var{error-symbol} must be an @dfn{error symbol}---a symbol